Table 5.
Australia | Hong Kong | China | Japan | South Korea | Thailand | Singapore | India | Myanmar | Philippines | HICs | LMICs | |
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N= | 138 | 100 | 317 | 208 | 100 | 200 | 147 | 103 | 110 | 52 | 693 | 782 |
Individual/Professional Level | ||||||||||||
Don’t know what survivorship care is | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
Lack time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lack knowledge/ skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||||
Don’t know where the patient is at in their disease trajectory | ✓ | |||||||||||
Communication barriers between you and the patient | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Communication barriers between you and the family members | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Family members lack of interest | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | |
Organisational Level | ||||||||||||
Survivorship care is not a priority for my organisation | ✓ | |||||||||||
Lack an appropriate physical location (e.g. a quiet room) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||||
No end of treatment consultation dedicated to survivorship care in my organisation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Lack of evidence-based practice guidelines informing survivorship care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | ||||||
Lack of dedicated educational resources for patients | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | 5 | ||
Lack of dedicated educational resources for family members | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Note. ✓- Top five factors that impedes quality survivorship care (only the items that received at least one top five rating were included); HICs high income countries; LMICs low– and middle- income countries